Restoring a secure backup by using the IBM MQ Appliance web UI

You can restore a secure backup of the IBM® MQ Appliance by using the web UI on the appliance.

About this task

A secure backup creates files that contains the configuration of the appliance. The backup files are secured by a user certificate. The backup includes details of MQ users, but does not include queue manager configurations or data, or high availability or disaster recovery configuration details. For more details, see Secure backup.

You can use the secure backup and restore to migrate to another appliance, see Secure restore.

You must reinitialize an appliance (complete a factory reset) before you restore to it. See Factory reset.

Note: When a secure backup is restored the password for the built-in admin user is reset to admin. The password for the admin user must be changed at first login (as happens after a factory reset of the appliance).

Procedure

  1. Start the IBM MQ Appliance web UI, and click the administration icon shows the admin icon.
  2. Select Main > System Control
  3. Scroll down to the Secure restore section and supply the following information:
    Crypto credentials
    The name of an identification credentials object in the system configuration, which identifies a crypto certificate that is used to validate and decrypt the content of the backup.
    Source
    The URL of a directory in which the backup files are stored. The URL can be a local directory in either the local: or the temporary: directory on the appliance, or it can be a location on a remote FTP server.
    Only validate
    Turn this option on to specify that the backup is just validated, rather than actually restored.
  4. Click Submit.

Results

The configuration in the secure backup is applied to the appliance and the appliance restarts.